http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/section/2/2015-09-21Care Standards Act 2000An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration and regulation of children’s homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies; to make provision for the regulation and inspection of local authority fostering and adoption services; to establish a General Social Care Council and a Care Council for Wales and make provision for the registration, regulation and training of social care workers; to establish a Children’s Commissioner for Wales; to make provision for the registration, regulation and training of those providing child minding or day care; to make provision for the protection of children and vulnerable adults; to amend the law about children looked after in schools and colleges; to repeal the Nurses Agencies Act 1957; to amend Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-09-03Expert Participation2015-09-21 Care StandardsCare Standards Act 2000s. 5(1)(a)(iii)Children and Young Persons Act 2008s. 4(2)(a)s. 6s. 44(4)art. 2(b) Part I21Subsections (2) to (6) apply for the purposes of this Act as it applies in relation to Wales.2A hospital which is not a health service hospital is an independent hospital.3“Hospital” (except in the expression health service hospital) means—aan establishment—ithe main purpose of which is to provide medical or psychiatric treatment for illness or mental disorder or palliative care; oriiin which (whether or not other services are also provided) any of the listed services are provided;bany other establishment in which treatment or nursing (or both) are provided for persons liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.4“Independent clinic” means an establishment of a prescribed kind (not being a hospital) in which services are provided by medical practitioners (whether or not any services are also provided for the purposes of the establishment elsewhere).But an establishment in which, or for the purposes of which, services are provided by medical practitioners in pursuance of the National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 is not an independent clinic.5“Independent medical agency” means an undertaking (not being an independent clinic or an independent hospital) which consists of or includes the provision of services by medical practitioners.But if any of the services are provided for the purposes of an independent clinic, or by medical practitioners in pursuance of the National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, it is not an independent medical agency.6References to a person liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 do not include a person absent in pursuance of leave granted under section 17 of that Act.7In this section “listed services” means—amedical treatment under anaesthesia or sedation;bdental treatment under general anaesthesia;cobstetric services and, in connection with childbirth, medical services;dtermination of pregnancies;ecosmetic surgery other than—iear and body piercing;iitattooing;iiithe subcutaneous injection of a substance or substances into the skin for cosmetic purposes; andivthe removal of hair roots or small blemishes on the skin by the application of heat using an electric current;ftreatment using prescribed techniques or prescribed technology.8Regulations may—aexcept any description of establishment from the definitions in subsections (2) to (4);bexcept any description of undertaking from the definition in subsection (5);cmodify the definition in subsection (7).S. 2 wholly in force at 1.4.2002; s. 2 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 122; s. 2 in force for W. at 1.7.2001 by S.I. 2001/2190, art. 2, Sch. Table; s. 2 in force for E. at 20.11.2001 by S.I. 2001/3852, arts. 1(4), 3(2)(3)(a)(i) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions in Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2001/4150, 2002/1493, 2002/1790, 2002/2001, 2002/3210); s. 2 in force for E. for certain purposes at 1.1.2002 by S.I. 2001/3852, arts. 1(4), 3(2)(4)(a)(i)(5) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions in Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2001/4150, 2002/1493, 2002/1790, 2002/2001, 2002/3210); s. 2 in force for E. in so far as not already in force at 1.4.2002 by S.I. 2001/3852, arts. 1(4), 3(2)(7)(a) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions in Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2001/4150, 2002/1493, 2002/1790, 2002/2001, 2002/3210)Words in s. 2(1) inserted (21.7.2008 for certain purposes and 1.10.2010 otherwise) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 95, 170, Sch. 5 para. 3; S.I. 2010/807, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 (with arts. 3-22)1983 c. 20. Words in s. 2(4)(5) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 2, 8, Sch. 1 para. 199 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)Words in s. 2(5) inserted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 106, 199; S.I. 2004/759, art. 3(1); S.I. 2004/873, art. 21983 c. 20. Words in s. 2(7)(e) added (1.4.2002) by Private and Voluntary Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/325), regs. 1(1), 3(4) (with reg. 1(2))